build-essential

[Colin Watson]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 04:50:53PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 09:26:20AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > ... aha. That said, I would strongly suggest that 'secure by default' means
> > 'no compilers for the script kiddies'. Let's not do this, it freaks me out.
> 
> *groan*
> 
> Removing the compiler only creates a marginal amount of extra work for an
> attacker who will just upload or download their own binaries or find another
> way around it, while the other 99.9% of people using the system are
> needlessly inconvenienced.

I think I have to go with Matt here. In any case, if you're running a
firewall or whatever where removing the compiler is more typical, you're
better off using the custom installation mode and not bothering to
install Desktop at all.

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]